SITE-SPECIFIC [FOOD] INSTALLATIONS / WORKSHOPS & DISCOURSE

IMMERSIVE DINING EXPERIENCES  /  FOOD CONCEPTS


Pop-up Dinner : A Sunny Salute


at DB55 AMSTERDAM — 2024
Documented by RENATA CHEDE, ANILA KRAMER & LÁSZLÓ PARÁZS  

An interactive dinner experience exploring the theme of seasonality and celebrating the end of summer. The evening featured art, music and unique culinary creations. A diverse group of artists were invited to contribute, shaping an immersive, multi-sensory journey that reflected on summer in a variety of forms.

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Bites for the 5th Anniversary of ArtParty


AMSTERDAM — 2025


A collection of bites made for the 5th anniversary of ArtParty.

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Pop-up Dinner : Elixirs of Cosmic Conciousness


at DB55 AMSTERDAM — 2023
Documented by LÁSZLÓ PARÁZS
An immersive and interactive pop-up dinner experience where guests explored the healing powers of wild edible plants. Guided by a self-produced audio piece and live projections, guests learned about plants growing right outside their doorstep, as well as the origins of this knowledge and its connection to womenhood and witchcraft.

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Bites for booklaunch: The RevOps Pendulum by Haris Odobasic


AMSTERDAM — 2025 

A collection of bites made for the book launch of Haris Odobasic at event venue DB55 in Amsterdam.

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Theatrical dining experience : Listen, we are eating


MULTIPLE LOCATIONS : at THE GREY SPACE IN THE MIDDLE The Hague, DB55 Amsterdam, LIMBURG THEATER FESTIVAL and KARAVAAN Alkmaar — 2022 & 2023
In collaboration with Fedde & deCarvalho, we created a theatrical dining experience that investigates our relation with technology and nature.

Artist Fedde ten Berge designed interactive sound tables that respond to touch with both sound and vibration. The table itself becomes your host, guiding guests through the meal with an auditory journey, while their interactions with the tableware transform into a collective symphony.

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Bef Film Dinner


at MEDIAMATIC 
— 2021 An interactive dinner experience where dishes are paired with movie excerpts that together explore the different phases of cunnilingus. 

Clips from Erika Lust to Jûzô Itami, and other film directors were guiding the culinary journey, starting from foreplay and ending with a climax. While using different techniques to consume, such as incorporating food as sex toys. We aimed to show that discussing topics like sex can be just as acceptable as any dinner table conversation.

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Bites for kick-off event PlantFWD


at DB55 AMSTERDAM — 2024 A curated selection of vegan bites created for the PlantFWD kick-off event.


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About Sex Dinner


at HET NATIONELE THEATER, THE HAGUE — 2023 In collaboration with Het Nationaal Theater in The Hague, I created a dinner in response to the play Let’s Talk About Sex.

This dining experience invited guests to engage with unspoken topics around intimacy, with each dish sparking conversation and served in ways that deepened the evening’s themes. Over three courses, couples wandered through different spaces, tasted art on their plates and in the room, and shared open, vulnerable conversations.

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The ‘Conspiracy of Form’ dinner experience


at THE GREY SPACE IN THE MIDDLE, THE HAGUE — 2022
A dinner experience in reaction to ‘The Conspiracy of Form’, a performance by Amparo Gonzales. Guests were introduced to the lifespan of a cabbage, an onion and bread. 

The dinner table highlighted elements that were in various stages of transformation. Some parts of this process could be consumed as dishes during the dinner, while other parts were still in the phase of growth (on their way to becoming mature vegetables) or leftover products after usage. 

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Pop-up Dinner : At Abuelitas Kitchen Table


at KUS VAN DE CACTUS, HAARLEM — 2023 & 2024During this pop-up dinner, created in collaboration with restaurant Kus van de Cactus, we transported guests back to the warmth of grandmother’s kitchen table in Mexico.

Each course was paired with unfolding family stories, guided by an original audio piece we scripted and produced, immersing guests in some of the most intimate moments of Mexican culture. 

The evening combined authentic flavors, live music, and a carefully curated six-course menu to create a truly multi-sensory experience.

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...As she Crafts Elixirs from the Garden, she Tends the Soil Beneath her Feet


EXHIBITED DURING GLUE
at DB55 AMSTERDAM — 2023Developed in collaboration with Chiara Caselli.

A contemporary take on a collective witch coven. This interactive installation invites visitors to explore the history of medicinal plants and ancient healing practices by crafting elixirs together, with custom ceramic tools. The project celebrates the resilience of female healing traditions and their history.

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Circulair lunch installation


EXHIBITED DURING GLUE
at DB55 AMSTERDAM — 2022


The installation invited visitors to reconsider their perception of waste. By scanning QR codes, they could access a range of resources, such as recipes for reducing food waste, insights into the vital role of soil in our food systems, methods for regrowing crops and practical information on expiration dates and sustainable living practices. All while enjoying a shared lunch.

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The Upcycled Foods Black Box Challenge 


at KICO, THE HAGUE
— 2025In collaboration with LowFood, I was invited to take part in the Upcycled Foods Black Box Challenge from Foodvalley. I received ten innovative upcycled ingredients, many not yet on the market, mostly in the form of powders and extracts from the Foodvalley upcycling community.

With complete freedom and several days to experiment, I explored new ways to work with them, focusing purely on taste, texture, and surprise.

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Amsterdam in Six Bites: A Taste of the Future of Food


at THE POSTHOORN CHURCH in AMSTERDAM 
— 2024
Documented by JULES REIJNDERS


By invitation of Plant FWD, I created an immersive food installation based on Amsterdam’s food strategy of 2025. With six bites, each representing one of the city’s key food pillars, this installation showcases the power of food to drive transformation and bring us closer to a sustainable future.

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Seeds at the Table


EXHIBITED DURING THE ‘Our Invisible Hands’ EXHIBITION DONE WITH SEASONAL NEIGHBOURS
at Z33, HASSELT, BELGIUM — 2022


Seeds at the Table is a meandering conversation between artists Ioana Lupașcu and Yacinth Pos, and seasonal workers at a place of arrival (the Netherlands) and a place of departure (Romania). The dialogue touches upon recipes from home, ways of cooking with weeds, cultural exchange, working conditions, and other personal stories. 

The project manifests itself in a dinner intervention, an audio-walk, and a publication that dives deeper into the process. Those elements were showcased in the exhibition at Z33, organized in collaboration with the rest of the Seasonal Neighbours collective. Visitors were invited to take home sprouting weed seeds, along with recipes for cooking with these plants, personal stories from the dinner, and a QR code linking to the audio walk.


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Participation in the Low Food Mycelium Lab
— 2024 / 2025
Documented by VITA DEVIES


Over the course of about five months, chefs, scientists, and makers explored how mycelium, the root network of fungi, can help shape the future of food. The group created inspiring prototypes with mycelium, all beyond meat substitutes. Ranging from tempeh and falafel to muffins and miso, each showing the ingredient’s flavor, texture, and versatile potential.

This Lab was a dynamic partnership bringing together Low Food’s culinary expertise, Flevo Campus’ food chain knowledge, and the innovation power of Enough and Cargill.

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Cooking with wild edible plants workshop


during ART IN MY BACKYARD, ALMERE — 2022I was invited to host a foraging and cooking workshop as part of Art in My Backyard, an art route in Almere that featured a community garden as one of its stops.

During the workshop, participants were guided on a tour of the garden, where we explored a variety of edible plants. They had the opportunity to taste dishes prepared with wild ingredients and actively participate by creating their own. 

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Food installation at ADE


COLLABORATION WITH GOING GLOBAL COLLECTIVE at ADE, Amsterdam
— 2024During amstedam dance event I had the opportunity to collaborate with going global collective, bringing some food to fuel the dance floor. I developed a food stand inspired by the atmosphere, using a mix of red, pink and black tones to reflect the colors used in the space and identity of the party.

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Cooking with wild edible plants workshop
at Z33, HASSELT, BELGIUM 
— 2022 
Documented by STEFANIE DE BAKKER


At the invitation of Museum Z33, I hosted a foraging workshop in the city of Hasselt. Participants were guided through an urban wild-picking experience, learning to identify local plants, explore their culinary uses through various recipes, discover their medicinal properties and highlighting plants often dismissed as weeds.

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Yacinth Pos

yacinthpos@live.nl
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Artist and chef who blends visual and culinary arts. I create immersive, interactive dining experiences and installations centered around food and communal gatherings.

Each project or commission is approached as a unique encounter. I produce self-initiated events and work with cultural institutions and companies who seek to create sensory-rich events, that go beyond conventional catering.

My practice combines an artistic culinary vision with concept development, production, and the creation of site-specific food/dining installations.

This work takes shape through:


– PERFORMATIVE DINING EXPERIENCES
– TAILORED COMMISSONS & CATERING
– SITE-SPECIFIC FOOD INSTALLATIONS
– RESEARCH & DISCOURSE PROJECTS
– FORAGING & COOKING WORKSHOPS 


If I’m not cooking or crafting new concepts, you’ll find me strolling through nature foraging edible plants...







Upcoming events


Currently, no events or dinners scheduled. 








Clients & Collaborations


Academie voor Beeldvorming, ADE, Art in my, ArtParty, Bertina Slettenhaar, Camping Kafka, Chiara Caselli, Clifford Jago, Concert Gebouw Amsterdam, DB55, Flora Bella Rosa, Foodvalley, Frame Magazine, Gemeente Amsterdam, Glue Amsterdam, Going Global Collective, Graphic Matters, Grey Space in the Middle, Het Nationale Theater, Kus van de Cactus, Laura van Zuylen, LowFood, MediaMatic, Nike, Oddplaces, PlantFWD, Renata Chede, Seasonal Neighbours, Senna Guitton, Tankboys, Youri Alvites, Z33



Press


De WestKrant
Article — Chef in Houthavens eert heksen met viergangendiners van lokale planten 
2023

Foodvally
Article — Rethinking Innovation: A chef’s perspective on upcycled ingredients 
2025

CuliAmsterdam
Article — Insider tip voor September: Pop-up Dinner ‘A Sunny Salute’ van Yacinth Pos in DB55 Amsterdam 
2024

The Optimist
Article — MonDaily: Een ode aan de kruidenvrouwen
2024

CuliAmsterdam
Article — Bij pop-up restaurant Elixirs of Cosmic Consciousness in Amsterdam staat de plant centraal
2023

Collide24
Article — Defining Good Work: Yacinth Pos and Jordy Ringeling talk us through their collaborative process
2020

Academie voor Beeldvorming 
Article — Seizoenswerk
2020

Academie voor Beeldvorming
Article — Spelontwikkeling op Camping Kafka
2019